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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Actual film footage of Degas, plus sketches that look like the Tramp.

Here's a film of Edgar Degas walking down a Paris Street with a woman in 1914.

One of Degas' sketchbooks (dated 1880) can be found on the Morgan Library website. Shown below is a page from the sketchbook showing sketches that almost look like costume designs for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character (which was created in 1914). Interesting. I wonder if Chaplin could have seen this book. I also wonder if Degas could have seen Chaplin's film in 1914 even though his eyesite was terrible at the time.

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Amy Crehore has exhibited her fine art paintings in many cities across the USA; in Tokyo, Japan and Milan, Italy. She has also been a long-time illustrator for most of America's top magazines: Rolling Stone, Esquire, ESPN, Playboy, Forbes, GQ to name just a few. Her artwork has graced book covers and has been featured by boingboing.net, Juxtapoz.com, Inked Magazine, American Illustration and Communication Arts Magazine. She is the creator of Tickler Ukes and Monkey Love paintings (Blab!). Ten of her Little Pierrots won an Award in the American Illustration competition. Her portraits of Jewel and Alanis were chosen for Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits (Chronicle Books).
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